User:Goatmanatee/Bribri Sandbox
Chibchan ethnic group of southeast Costa Rica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I expanded the section on history, and reorganized some other information.
As far as the template message regarding source verification, there are still some questionable sources and unsourced claims. I could not find sources which agree with the 35,000 people population estimate (beyond webpages seemingly drawing their information from this article), I could not determine whether the source Taking Care of Sibö's Gifts could confirm the information in the "culture and spirituality" section which was initially added without proper source citation, and the source everyculture.com seems to have been flagged as unreliable by Wikipedia. I switched most of the information from the previous history section to be in the demographics section, as it talks about the present day rather than a historical period, but could not confirm all of the information in the section based on the article from El Puente, such as the group having the lowest income per capita (or by which metric, if many are subsistence agriculturalists?) or having running water but not electricity (which the article seems to refute, although the article seems to refer to a specific community rather than the majority of Bribri settlements).
Guillermo Rodriguez Romero in the notable people section could use a Wikipedia article of his own, as a significant public figure. I attached the 3 sources necessary to start an article, although his article would also need a picture with a creative commons license.
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2007) |
Total population | |
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12,200 (2000)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Costa Rica (Buenos Aires, Turrialba, Matina, and Talamanca) | |
Languages | |
Bribri, Spanish, Bribri Sign Language [citation needed] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Boruca, Cabécar [citation needed] |
The Bribri are an Indigenous people in eastern Costa Rica and northern Panama.[2] Today, most Bribri people speak the Bribri language or Spanish.
There are varying estimates from government officials of the group's population. According to a census by the Ministerio de Salud of Costa Rica, there are 11,500 Bribri living within service range of the Hone Creek Clinic alone. They are also a voting majority in the Puerto Viejo de Talamanca area. The estimated population on the Panamanian side of the border is smaller than that in Costa Rica, about 1000 people in 2010.[3] Estimates of the total Bribri population range as high as 35,000 people, although official estimates are lower.[citation needed]
The Bribri historically struggled to remain on their land and preserve their culture, though the Costa Rican government currently recognizes their use of designated Indigenous Territories, and they are one of the formally recognized Indigenous peoples of Panama. Political struggles by some Bribri activists for the legal recognition of further claims to the land they inhabit and autonomy are ongoing in both countries.[4][5]